150: The Biggest Mistake First-Time Fund Founders Make in Year One | Story Snacks Series

Six months into launching your fund and already feeling like you're making every mistake in the book?

You're in good company. That's exactly how the founder who wrote in is feeling. And honestly, year one can do that to a person. 

The chaos is real. The second-guessing is real. The wondering-if-anyone-will-ever-take-you-seriously is very, very real.

In this Story Snack, Stacy Havener tackles the fear that tends to sit underneath all of it:

"I'm too early to be taken seriously."

It's not irrational. It's just not the whole story. And if you believe it too hard for too long, it might be the thing that keeps you invisible when you could be building real conversations.

Listen in to hear:

• The year-one myth Stacy calls BS on: “don’t market until you have 3 years of track + $100M–$200M AUM”
• Why year one gets derailed more by business decisions than investment decisions (products, partners, hires, marketing choices)
• Who you should be talking to early (innovators + early adopters) and why they don’t play by the “come back later” rules

This is Story Snacks, a bite-sized, jam-packed series for fund managers who are ready to master strategic storytelling in under 20 minutes a week

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